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Central Colorado Power plant in Glenwood Canyon, prior to the Shoshone Power Plant. Colorado River is in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
2) Shoshone Dam
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A group standing at the Shoshone Dam and Tunnel Project camp in Glenwood Canyon. The camp was located about 200 yards above the Shoshone Dam near Hanging Lake. There are men, women and dogs in the photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Sallie Enzenroth, Myra Squires Enzenroth Garnett, Elmer Ottens and Tom Garnett, at the Garnett home in Boulder, Colorado.
Tom Garnett, Sir., Albert W. Enzenroth, and Victor Squires all worked for the New Jersey Zinc Co.
Sallie Enzenroth is Tom Garnett's stepdaughter.
Elmer was an electrician with New Jersey Zinc Co., first in New Jersy and then at Gilman, Colorado. He retired in 1988. He was married to Virginia Lewis, daughter of Pearl Henderson,...
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Shoshone Power Plant in Glenwood Canyon taken in 1940. The sign on the building reads, "Public Service Company of Colorado Shoshone Plant." There are two trucks parked in front of the plant.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
5) Elmer Ottens
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Elmer Ottens behind the wheel of his RV, visiting friends in Boulder, Colorado. Elmer was an electrician with the New Jersey Zinc Co., first in New Jersy and then at Gilman, Colorado. He retired in 1988. He was married to Virginia Lewis, daughter of Pearl Henderson, of Red Cliff.
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Barracks at Camp Hale in winter. Multiple power lines in the shot.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The construction camp near Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon for the Shoshone Dam and Tunnel. Bridge in left background; Colorado River in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Central Colorado Power Line, Frying Pan Valley, Colorado, went through in 1908.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A photo of the Brooks water wheel as it appeared in Empire Magazine about 1972. John Comer, the owner of the former Brooks ranch, is standing in front of it." -- McCoy Memoirs p.153
1962 is written on the front of the photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10) Van Horn wheel
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"This wheel was installed by Howard Van Horn to generate electric power, when he lived on the former Groh ranch. It was set up in an irrigation ditch at a point where the water had sufficient drop to revolve it. The ditch, built by Frank Groh in 1905 has been abandoned for many years and the wheel with it." -- McCoy Memoirs p.130
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
11) Dam at Shoshone
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Dam at Shoshone on the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon, seen from the railroad tracks.
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The Central Colorado Power House located about one-half mile below the present Shoshone Dam in Glenwood Canyon.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bill Luby's automobile parked at the Shoshone Power Plant in Glenwood Canyon.
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Electrical transformers, prior to unloading at Gilman, on a Weicker transfer and storage truck.
